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Born | 17 October 1842 Itzehoe, Germany |
Died | 3 May 1942 Göttingen, Germany |
(aged 99)
Fields | Zoology, Helminthology |
Alma mater | University of Kiel |
Known for | Compendium der Helminthology |
Otto Friedrich Bernhard von Linstow 17 October 1842 – 3 May 1916) was a German high ranking medical officer (Oberstabsartz und Regimentsartz) and helminthologist. Von Linstow was born in Itzehoe north west of Hamburg he received his medical Ph.D. in 1864 at the University of Kiel and worked as military doctor in Hameln later in Göttingen where he was promoted to a major. He published his book Compendium der Helminthology in 1878 in Hannover. Von Linstow died 3. May 1916 in Göttingen.[1]